Iowa Beer Permits Rush as 700 Plus Applications Arrive
Iowa state officials report more than 700 wholesale beer permit applications received as plans accelerate to begin selling by Wednesday. Treasurer Jo Weeman says about 300 letters of applications have arrived, with none for manifactured beer licenses yet. City deputy clerk notes over $1,000 paid for licenses by prospective beer retailers between 8 and 9 am, pending council approval.
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Jo Weeman
Kmath Werman
Weeman
Des Moines
API
Randay
Glenn Wriekint
Iowa Organizers Favor Peaceful Path On 3.2 Beer Law
Des Moines organizers told IN S they will not seek court action to strike down the 3.2 beer measure. They prefer to watch beer flow for two months and push to keep the Eighteenth Amendment intact. They say a future court challenge could mobilize national groups to test the law at the Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Reinbeck Man Wins Harvard Scholarship
CAMBRIDGE Mass AP The Harvard Corporation announced fourteen scholarships for the 1933 34 academic year with two Charles F Ot Herkins scholarships listed. Heres M Bick of Herborn Pa and B Drvot of Sheicar Ta were among the recipients.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Corporation
Harvard University
Charles F Ot Herkins
Invas Trev
Heres M Bick
Taara Pa B Drvot
Sheicar, Ta
Funeral Tuesday for North Liberty Accident Victim
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Methodist church at North Liberty for Donald Myers Stoner 29 of North Liberty who died in a collision between his truck and a car driven by Prof Eugene Bahn of Iowa City at Western Saturday night Surviving are his widow Ruth Kienk his father 31 J Stoner and a brother Wendy of North Liberty
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Methodist
North Liberty
Donald Myers Staner
Eugene Bahn
Iowa City
Western
Stoner
Mr. Stoner
Iowa City High School
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway Company
Oxford
Ruth Kienk
J Stoner
Wendy
Habeas Corpus Action Begun By Grundy Man
Special to The Gazette Tama county district court saw several new cases filed on Saturday. G W Lynch of Grundy Center filed a habeas corpus petition against E O Harris formerly of Tama county alleging a disputed windmill sale and a contested arrest in 1933. Lynch claims he never pled guilty and was not offered a trial. Also, August Ploen sues Floyd Whitmore for 70 dollars for oats threshed in 1931. Farmers Savings Bank of Tracer seeks 693.36 from Will Feakins on two promissory notes.
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Toledo
Tama County
G W Lynch
Grundy Center
E. O Harris
Lynch
Gladbrook
Grundy County
Tama
George W Carpenter
August Ploen
Floyd Whitmore
Ploen
Take Cold Plunge Opens River Swim Bet Held
Manchester Maquoketa river season opens with David Moss and Albert Cloud high school students diving at West Union street beach in An election day wager. James Gearhart and Norman Pee witnessed the event as the boys toasted the bet and braved the chilly water.
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Manchester
Maquoketa
David Moss
Albert Cloud
West Union Street
James Gearhart
Norman Pee
Iowan caught after running gun fight
A running gun fight in Harrison County Missouri ended when the McIntosh car crashed. James McIntosh, Davis City, was taken by Sheriff Harry Webb to Bethany hospital. Bill Fosdick and an unidentified man were taken to Kansas City. The sheriff said liquor was being thrown from the car.
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Lamoni
Taupi
Harry Webb
Harrison County
Missouri
James McIntosh
Davis City
McIntosh
McIintosh
Bethany Mo
Bill Fosdick
Davis
Kansas City
Ato
Sherif Webb
District Library Assn To Meet At West Union
Northeastern Town Library association will meet in West Union Iowa for an all day session with leaders including Joanna Hager of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Byers of Charles City. Problems of operating a small town library to be discussed. Rev George DeF Fisher to speak on European travel. Meeting at court house assembly room with luncheon at the Presbyterian church. About fifty attendees from multiple towns listed.
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Northeastern Town Library Association
West Union
Mass
Joanna Hager
Cedar Rapids
Town State Library Association
S . Byers
cCharles City
Julia Robinson
Des Moines
State Library Commission
George Def Fisher
Presbyterian Church of
Skelly Oil to Build White Brick Station in Independence
Skelly Oil awarded a $7,000 plus lot project contract to J. B. Lippert of Ool weth for a white brick super-service station at the intersection of Highways 11 and 20 in Independence. The lot cost $10 three years ago from Herbert Towlerton, a record price for Independence real estate.
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Independence
Skelly Oil Company
J. B. Lippert
Oolweth
No. 11
No. 20
Skelly Company
Herbert Towlerton
Olin
Methodist Church
I. H. Hospers
Lois Stingley
Keith Taylor
Ida Jones
Muriel Hospers
Eileen McCormick
Lois Rohwedder
Maurine Hodgkin
Robert Swartzell
Paul Lane
Gwen Tudor
Ruth Lane
Alberta Bixler
Eloise Miller
Mary Tudor
Audrey McCormick
Clarice Easterly
Katherine Kay
Erma Silver
Elna Rohwedder
Toledo
Luisa B Cook
Lula B Coutts
Tama
R. L. Railsback
St Francis
Kaw
Hved
Sidney E. Cook
Meeker
Colo
Vinton
Hve
Cook
Coutts
Linn County Pioneer Dies At Center Point
Center Point obituary for John Lala aged 80, a retired Linn County farmer born in Bohemia, survived by widow, four daughters, two sons, services at Christian church led by Rev. Loren Jenks. Also notes Manchester senior class play cast for Who Wouldn't Be Crazy at high school gym May 23 with Miss Leeta Jarard directing.
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Center Point
John Lala
Linn County
Bohemia
John
Walker
Jake
Anna Karch
Alburnett
Marie Fee
Rose Durow
Cedar Rapids
Emma Zabotrsky
The
Christian Church
Loren Jenks
Manchester
Leeta Jarard
Howard Shelly
Marylin Burhans
John Lane Matthews
Vera Faust
Helen Nieman
Wilbur Milrot
Richard Long
Albert Cloud
Marian Pawllins
Merle Sullivan
Margaret Logan
Alice Barger
Hazel Darey
Lloyd Satterlee
Victor McCarthy
Real Estate Transfers and Deeds in Cedar Memorial Area
A series of property transfers and deeds are noted, including Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Association to R B Eckhart for lot 311 in Acacia Lawn, with racial restrictions referenced. Several other transfers list individuals such as Joseph F Sykora and Clara M Sykora, and various lots and parcels, with dates around 1931 to 1933. The entries show fee simple conveyances, joint tenants arrangements, and paths of title through multiple grantees and heirs.
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Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
R B
Eckhart
Cem
Acacia Lawn
Joseph F Sykora
Joseph F
Clara M Sykora
Brean
Prey Sa
Ty Teoren
Bankers Study Rules On Reorganization In Iowa
DES MOINES Iowa Monday bankers studied the state banking department rules under a new reorganization law aimed at equalizing responsibility between stockholders and depositors. D W Bates said the rules standardize procedures, require officers to take steps before waivers, and help prevent receiverships depositors will learn full asset plans and waiver terms before signing. Bates urged officers directors and stockholders to act in the banks best interests and asked depositors to join in reorganization where possible.
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
State Bank
D. W. Bates
Bates
Prove Their Worth At Own Expense Wins Iowa Engineers Jobs
Three Iowa State College undergraduates William W. Donnan of Keystone Harold R. Vogel of Storm Lake and Curtis E. Richey of Ames earned temporary work with a Vermillion national forest surveying party in 1932 by paying their own way and accepting board and $1 a month. Their effort led to permanent positions with the federal land office in the Ozark mountains Missouri surveying party.
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Ames
Federal Land Office
United States Department of Interior
Iowa State College
William W. Donnan
Keystone
Harold R. Vogel
Storm Lake
Curtis E. Richey
Vermillion National Forest
Minnesota
Ozark Mountains
Missouri
Iowans honored as Wallace to speak at Willard hotel event
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and Iowa congressmen will be honor guests at a Willard hotel meeting of the Iowa State Society on April 22. Mrs. Claude R. Porter chairs the society's entertainment committee.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Iowa State Society
Willard Hotel
Claude R. Porter
Trap for Chicken Thieves Turns Deadly Near Le Mars
A man, Henry Meins aged 45, died from a shotgun wound caused by a trap set at the George Baack farm to stop chicken thefts. The trap triggered when the chicken house door opened, tearing a hole in his leg. Baack couple found his body in the driveway after returning home.
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LE Mars
INS
George Baack
Here
Henry Meins
Meins
Missing interior decorator Reynolds sought by Des Moines police
Des Moines police received an appeal from the wife and 18 year old daughter to locate William H Reynolds, a 40 year old interior decorator who vanished after leaving Friday to discuss a painting contract. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 145 pounds, wearing a dark blue suit, lavender striped tie, a gold signet ring, and a dark overcoat. Glasses are tortoise shell framed. Reynolds had only one job since Christmas and had been low in spirits.
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Des Moines
William H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Christus
Henry Luce Cancels Iowa Talk Over Wife Illness
Henry R. Luce editor of Time and Fortune cancels a Des Moines speaking engagement with Sigma Delta Chi because of his wife's illness. John J. Billings, associate editor, will fill the appearance.
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New York
Henry R. Luce
Time and Fortune
Des Moines
Sigma Delta Chi
Luce
John 8. Billings
Mount Auburn Rebekah Lodge Forms Officers Panel
The Past Noble Grands of Mount Auburn Rebekah lodge have organized an association and elected officers. President is Mrs. Frank Lor mor, vice-president Mrs. H. H. Fagan, secretary Mrs. Ralph Struve, and treasurer Mrs. H. J. Greenwalt.
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Mount Auburn
Rebekah Lodge
Frank Lormor
H. H. Fagan
Ralph Struve
H. J. Greenwalt
Iowa History Week Marks Anniversary of State Settlement
IOWA CITY INS Festivities marking the 100th anniversary of Iowa settlement began Monday and run through Saturday under the State Historical Society and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Prof Benjamin F Shambaugh and Mrs Charles Van Epps oversee programs as officials recount land purchases under the Black Hawk treaty and the lax enforcement that allowed settlement after June 1, 1833.
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Iowa City
INS
Iowa
State Historical Society
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Charles van Epps
Federation
United States
Pedestrian Hit By Train East Of Tama
Charles Delaney, 56, a painter with no listed address or relatives, was severely injured Sunday evening when struck by a backing freight train in the North Western railroad yards east of Tama. He suffered a left hip fracture and elbow injury, and was to be taken to the University Hospital at Iowa City. Dr. R. H. Whalen noted the man has defective hearing.
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Tama
Charrles Delaney
North Western Railroad
Delaney
University Hospital
Iowa City
R. H. Whalen
Northeastern Town Press Association Meets in Elgin
The Northeastern Town Press association, serving four northeast Iowa counties, held its Friday session in Elgin with host R. P. Strauch of the Elgin Echo. The business meeting took place at the town hall, followed by a dinner at the Elgin hotel. a large attendance was noted.
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Elgin
Northeastern Town Press Association
R. P. Strauch
The
Elgin Echo
Town Hall
Elgin Hotel
Iowa
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